Chapter 42

Leon stopped walking as soon as he disappeared from her sight. Hence, he heard everything she murmured to herself.

When he heard her ascending the stairs, he continued walking to his room.

So she knew Rust District was a dangerous place and still sent him there.

It was a good thing he hadn’t gotten careless and didn’t forget to tell Rex Mercer not to say anything about meeting him.

His boys were also to say nothing about what happened and to make sure no one believed the store owner if she suddenly decided to speak up.

A few hours later, Aria got home. She went to her date as usual.

This time, she was meeting a fat, bald headed director of a toy company. He kept making obscene jokes which made her very uncomfortable.

She tried to keep a respectful face throughout, but after staying still for an hour, she came up with an excuse of being under the weather and went home with Leon.

That night, she packed the clothes they’d be wearing in South Ville before settling down to go throu